The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 18, 1976
Waning Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 AM
12:50 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 661
Events on this date
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 260.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 08m / -1.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.67° / 4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.83° / -5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.40° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.